Re: Dual Boot Installation to External HD

hey JohnJohn- im also newb (like original Questioner)_& REALLY appreciate ur
comments on this thread. ive been reading MS/tech pages/etc.. on dual booting
and hav found what u stated -partial answers/help that either doesnt work (or
reqs an A++ cert to follow_) & lots on dual bootg Linux external Usb w/Win
internal HD.

HERES MY Q, please. does this apply when tryg to setup dual boot w/ diff.
Win OSes?(ie: Win2k internal & Vista on an external Usb_HD)

my BIOS does give multiple boot options (including "bootable add-in
card"-whatevr that is_)

Your "take" was refreshing, so ur reply wud b greatly appreciated

Thx
--
Scorp


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Are there any known issues with installing a second instance of XP to an
external USB HD? I have found nothing in the discussions that would lead
me
to believe otherwise, but I still get a check disk error on the external
drive during installation. I have looked at every post I could find on
dual
boot procedures and found nothing on this subject. I've run check disk
on
the second drive and everything seems in order. It has two partitions and
no
errors on either. Is the USB connection the culprit? Any help is
greatly
appreciated!

Very simply WINXP will not boot from an external USB drive. >snip


Oh yes it can. It just requires reconfiguring *legacy* devices in BIOS

You can boot from a USB floppy or USB CD-ROM or even USB stick but
booting a full "Windows" installation on a USB hard disk is not a
supported scenario and not one that many have succeeded with! Some have
claimed to be able to do this but when asked for the recipe they all of
a sudden disappear from the discussion! I am not saying that this is
absolutely impossible, but I think it will require a lot more fiddling
than simply changing or reconfiguring the USB legacy devices in the
BIOS. If you search (really hard) on the net you will find reports of
some doing it and how they surmounted the obstacles, but you will also
find more reports of failure than you will of success stories.

I hope that the OP sticks to his or her endeavour and that you stick
with him or her to the end, it will be interesting to see how this
develops and hopefully we can all learn how to successfully install,
boot and run a Windows installation on an external USB drive!

John


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